Goldberg v. Goldberg
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Petition, filed in the Probate Court for the county of Norfolk under R. L. c. 153, § 33, alleging that the petitioner was living' apart from the respondent for justifiable cause and seeking separate maintenance. The petition was heard in the Probate Court-by Flint, J., and a decree was entered reciting that the petitioner was living apart from the respondent for justifiable cause and directing him to pay for her support $30 forthwith and $7 each week thereafter.
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Petition, filed in the Probate Court for the county of Norfolk under R. L. c. 153, § 33, alleging that the petitioner was living' apart from the respondent for justifiable cause and seeking separate maintenance. The petition was heard in the Probate Court-by Flint, J., and a decree was entered reciting that the petitioner was living apart from the respondent for justifiable cause and directing him to pay for her support $30 forthwith and $7 each week thereafter. Upon appeal to the Superior Court the case was heard by Sisk, J., upon an agreed statement of facts. Material facts agreed upon are…
1Opinion of the CourtCarroll, J.
The parties were married August 18,1918. After *280a short wedding journey they lived in Norwood. On November 17,1918, the petitioner left the hospital where she had been treated for influenza and went to her parents’ home in Boston, where she told her husband she could not return to him, that she “had been informed by surgeons who had attended her, that it was physically impossible for her to have sexual relations with any man without grave peril to her.”
According to the agreed statement of facts, between the date of the marriage and October 29, “when Mrs. Goldberg went to the hospital, the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Watts v. WattsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1894
- Lyster v. LysterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1873
- Coe v. HillMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1909
- Turner v. TurnerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1919
3Cited by8 opinions
- Cochrane v. CochraneMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1939
- Bradford v. BradfordMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1936
- Farrell v. FarrellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1928
- Burke v. BurkeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1930
- Murray v. MurrayMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1926
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